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fortunately, the cool relationship between the two nations never escalated into a hot war
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Instead of fighting hot wars, the United States and its partners should leverage the great strength of the maritime world against the great weakness of the continentalists: their different capacities to generate wealth.
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S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
But American diplomacy — backed up by our military might — is what kept us out of a hot war with the Soviet Union, has prevented war between China and Taiwan, and ended conflict between Egypt and Israel, to name a few.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
The performative exchange of military strikes between Iran and the US means that a nuclear tipped hot war in the Middle East is off the cards for the moment, though the bad news is that a far greater crisis awaits.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
China refuses to rule out the use of force to unify the island with the mainland, and a widening hard power imbalance across the Taiwan Strait is fueling concerns that Beijing could soon compel Taipei with the threat of a hot war.
—John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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S. C. M. Paine, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
But American diplomacy — backed up by our military might — is what kept us out of a hot war with the Soviet Union, has prevented war between China and Taiwan, and ended conflict between Egypt and Israel, to name a few.
—Elizabeth Shackelford, Mercury News, 1 Aug. 2025
The performative exchange of military strikes between Iran and the US means that a nuclear tipped hot war in the Middle East is off the cards for the moment, though the bad news is that a far greater crisis awaits.
—Mike O'Sullivan, Forbes.com, 28 June 2025
China refuses to rule out the use of force to unify the island with the mainland, and a widening hard power imbalance across the Taiwan Strait is fueling concerns that Beijing could soon compel Taipei with the threat of a hot war.
—John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 June 2025
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“Hot war.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hot%20war. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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